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Yay Us!!!! This week, we crossed $2M in net worth. It took 15 years working/scrimping/saving and sacrifice to get out of $650K in debt and cross the $1M NW mark. The second million required only 5 years and substantially less effort. I can't believe that the little snowball we started 20...

When I was in college, one of the study questions I had in my economics class involved the Wheat and Chessboard problem (Wheat and chessboard problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia). After I worked on it for some time and found the answer, I went home and told my wife about it - she told me...

Great comments on this thread. I think that there may be something to the $250K threshold. As I look back over my NW trends, $250K is really when it started accelerating (except for 2008 & 2009). I can also attest to what was stated earlier that it felt like it growth slowed down once the $1M...

I am out - Need to postpone at least one year I'm out - with 4 children still at home, the expenses are piling a bit up faster than we had budgeted. Will try for 2016 and see what happens. Best of luck to all of you!!! Revised list below: 1. Ikubak - April 2015- age 52 2. LoneAspen - Feb...

I'm in. December 31, 2015 is my target date. Countdown timer is in my office. 916 days to grow my portfolio to be able to FIRE in 2.5 years.

Amazing!!! Congratulations!!!

Hi ER, I've been lurking for about 3 months and have learned an incredible amount in that time. There are some smart cookies on this site and I appreciate the theory mixed with practical knowledge. There is no substitute for experience. I caught the ER vision about 18 months ago after...